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Gator in your tank: Alligator fat as a new source of biodiesel fuelWashington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2011 Amid growing concern that using soybeans and other food crops to produce biodiesel fuel will raise the price of food, scientists have identified a new and unlikely raw material for the fuel: Alligator fat. Their report documenting gator fat's suitability for biofuel production appears in ACS' journal Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. Rakesh Bajpai and colleagues note that most of the 700 million gallons of biodiesel produced in the United States (2008 data) came from soybean oil ... read more |
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  Lessons Learned from the Two Worst Oils Spills in U.S. History One year after the notorious BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and two decades after the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska the scientific lesson i ... more | .. |
  China to invest $6 bln in Guinea bauxite Chinese state-owned energy giant China Power Investment Corporation plans to invest six billion dollars to develop bauxite production in Guinea, a senior executive said here Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Dozens arrested in US as pipeline protest kicks off Dozens were arrested at the White House Saturday as protesters began a two-week sit-in expected to draw over 2,000 opponents of a proposed pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Troubled U.K. faces debt 'triple whammy' Britain faces a "triple whammy" of sagging business confidence, inflation and unemployment that will deepen the debt burden, analyst said. ... more | .. |
 Hanoi calls for halt to anti-China protest The Vietnamese government warned demonstrators in Hanoi to end their weekly protests against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea or face police action. ... more | .. |
  Solis Partners Celebrates Commercial Solar Installation Solis Partners and P and R Fasteners recently celebrated the completion of a 254.8 KW rooftop solar installation at P and R's corporate headquarters in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, N.J ... more | .. |
 OPEL Solar and LIMEN SA Partner With Two 1MW Orders OPEL Solar and LIMEN have signed of an Agreement to supply two HCPV solar power plants in Italy. Each solar utility plant will be approximately 1 MW HCPV power installations that will be built in Si ... more |
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MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 A Quick Way to Grade Grasses for Ethanol Yields U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery's loading dock. That future has been made p ... more | .. |
 Langan Energy Solutions Completes Rooftop Solar Project Langan Energy Solutions (LES), a leading solar integrator and energy efficiency company based in Elmwood Park, N.J., recently completed a 80-kilowatt rooftop solar system for an office building mana ... more | .. |
 LADWP To Relaunch Solar Incentive Program Under a plan approved by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will relaunch its Solar Incentive Program (SIP) next month with double the ... more | .. |
 Clean Energy Collective Receives Approval for Third Community-Owned Solar Garden Commissioners in Eagle County, Colorado have given their blessing to the Clean Energy Collective to build its third community-owned solar garden, 4,160 panels on 5 acres of land in El Jebel, CO. Whe ... more |
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 Biden visits China economic boom town US Vice President Joe Biden witnessed China's economic awakening at first hand Saturday with a visit to the boom town of Chengdu, as an apparent crackdown on dissent accompanied his visit. ... more | .. |
  Romania seeks Chinese boost for nuke plant Romania says it is courting investments from China for its plans to restart a stalled $5.8 billion expansion of its only nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 India pays oil bill, Iran ducks sanctions Amid a welter of international intrigue and big-stick diplomacy, Iran has been dodging international sanctions again. ... more | .. |
Gulf of Mexico oil crew ignored warnings: probe The crew of an oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year causing one of the worst oil spills in US history ignored warning signs a disaster was imminent, an investigator said Friday. ... more |
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China Focus: Chinese scientist details first planned Mars sample-return mission Tianwen 3
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  Forecasting pipe fractures A computer model that tests automobile components for crashworthiness could also be of use to the oil and gas industry, according to researchers at MIT's Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory, who a ... more | .. |
  Boeing Working with Leading Russian Airports to Increase Capacity Boeing announced at the Moscow Air Show that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate toward increasing the efficiency and capacity of leading Russian airports. Boeing will ... more | .. |
 HP exploring PC spinoff, buying software company Hewlett-Packard, the world's top personal computer maker, announced Thursday it is exploring a spinoff of its PC unit in a historic shift away from the consumer market. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela plans to take over gold mines Venezuela is planning to take over the gold mining industry in the country as part of a wave of nationalizations and will also move the country's gold reserves from foreign banks. ... more |
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 Aussie army targets soldier solar power The Australian army wants its soldiers to be equipped with portable solar panels within five years under a research deal with the Australian National University. ... more | .. |
 Vietnam to impose 'green' tax Vietnam will impose an environment protection tax next year on products classified as hazardous to the environment. ... more | .. |
World economy needs US-China cooperation: Biden US Vice President Joe Biden, starting a visit to China under a cloud of criticism over the US debt crisis, told his hosts Thursday that the two nations held the key to global economic stability. ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
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 Tecta America Completes Re-Roofing of Indiana Federal Building Tecta America's Blackmore and Buckner branch, located in Indianapolis, and F. J. A. Christiansen, located in Milwaukee, recently completed a 282,000 square-foot re-roofing of the Major General Emmet ... more | .. |
  IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain US computer giant IBM announced on Thursday that it has developed prototypes of computer chips that mimic the way the human brain works. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan firms plan $4.5 bn China project despite ban A group of Taiwan firms have signed a contract to set up a $4.5-billion refinery complex in China, defying a ban against such projects imposed by the island's government, officials and media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 S.Africa extends freeze on shale gas drilling South Africa's mining minister on Thursday said no decision will be made on controversial shale gas prospecting until next year with an existing moratorium extended by six months. ... more |
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 Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still considered an upstart. While these carbon-based cells, which use organi ... more | .. |
Philippine leader to visit China amid row Philippine President Benigno Aquino will visit China this month in an effort to deepen trade ties despite an increasingly bitter row over rival claims to the South China Sea, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Better, Faster, Cheaper: Doing Business with the Sun The change in energy policy has been decided; Germany needs more green energy. From September 5-9 in Hamburg, everything will revolve around our biggest energy supplier: the sun. At the European Pho ... more | .. |
  A Hint of Higgs - Update from the LHC The physics world was abuzz with some tantalizing news a couple of weeks ago. At a meeting of the European Physical Society in Grenoble, France, physicists - including some from Caltech - announced ... more |
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